THE INKEY LIST | MULTI-BIOTIC FACE MOISTURIZER

This review was originally part of my blog article titled, Brands I Love: The Inkey List Affordable Skincare - Best Anti-Aging Serums, Best Anti-Aging Moisturizers & More. You can catch the full piece here.

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The probiotic trend in skin care is going full force! I think it’s one of the smartest of the many skincare trends (some of them crazes like, ahem, snail mucin!) — with real ability to alter the health of the skin.

Most importantly balancing probiotics have the rare ability to transform acne-prone and even sensitive skin – and to rebalance and restore skin’s microbiome. A microbiome that is out of whack can be one of the leading causes of acne and sensitive skin. If you have a concern for acne and are still using alcohol to dry out your blemishes, probiotics are the answer. (Please, stop doing that!)

I recently blogged about treatment of acne with balancing probiotics (link to it here) and really believe probiotic products are the first legitimate solution to come about in years.

What is the microbiome?

I found an insightful article on the NIH website simply titled, The Skin Microbiome. This segment is helpful in understanding what the skin’s microbiome is and its role in the health of the skin:

An enhanced understanding of the skin microbiome is necessary to gain insight into microbial involvement in human skin disorders and to enable novel promicrobial and antimicrobial therapeutic approaches for their treatment.
The skin is an ecosystem composed of 1.8 m2 of diverse habitats with an abundance of folds, invaginations and specialized niches that support a wide range of microorganisms. The primary role of the skin is to serve as a physical barrier, protecting our bodies from potential assault by foreign organisms or toxic substances. The skin is also an interface with the outside environment and, as such, is colonized by a diverse collection of microorganisms — including bacteria, fungi and viruses.

If you aren’t using a probiotic product, The Inkey List’s new Multi-Biotic Face Moisturizer is a great place to start.

The formula contains a “multi-biotic” complex of pre-, pro- and post-biotics that combine to help strengthen and soothe the skin, enhance moisture retention and restore skin’s pH balance to boost the good bacteria on the surface of the skin and prevent the spread of bad bacteria. It’s that bad bacteria that often causes sensitivity and acne blemishes.

The texture of the Multi-Biotic moisturizer is as light as a gel-cream and literally melts instantly into the skin, making it perfect for oily, acne-prone skin.

Inkey’s Multi-Biotic Face Moisturizer is one of the best face creams with humectant Sodium Hyaluronate and Heptapeptide-7 — an active peptide derived from a naturally occurring wound-healing protein with EGF-like activity. How cool is that?! For moisture, Inkey added a high level of both skin-compatible Squalane and Oat Kernel Oil — which has proven sensitivity soothing abilities.

The Multi-Biotic Moisturizer is a pretty solid probiotic-powered moisturizer for all skin types, but a great option for oily and blemish prone skin.

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